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The Addiction of the Mystic

The mystic is tempted by his love for God, even after he discovers that maintaining that duality separates him from the totality, which, of course, is the

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, May 19, 2013

"The mystic is tempted by his love for God, even after
he discovers that maintaining that duality separates him
from the totality, which, of course, is the manifest God.
So the poor mystic is in a real dilemma. He's been fasting
and praying and doing all kinds of austerities for all
these years. He loves his God with all his heart. He prays
to God every hour of every day. God returns his worship with
words of love. One day he asks God for insight into the
nature of the absolute and the boundryless nature of life
is revealed to him. God shows the mystic that the God he
worships is the mind's projection. God shows the mystic that
there is no mystic who worships, and no God to be worshiped.
There is no separation. There is no difference. The mystic
is in rapture. He calls to God his thanks, his praise, his
ever lasting love. But, there is only silence in response.
In the mystic's realization of non-duality God has vanished.

So, after a very long night of consideration of the
boundryless-ness of life, the mystic calls to God once
more. This time he asks for one last boon. The mystic asks
God to take away the knowledge of that true nature of life
and to return as his object of love.

Of course, the boon is granted, the mystic once again can
worship his God. He soon forgets the totality. He is addicted
to separation.

In our lives we have built our social constructions around
our separation. These are the concepts through which we
organize and communicate our reality. We have forgotten
the totality of our existence, and, yet, the pain of our
lives, the gnawing emptiness and the compulsion to fill
it, are reminders that there is something beyond separation.
But, we can never remain still enough to see what is beyond.
We can never quiet our mind or our lives. We are addicted
to separation."